School safety against targeted violence. I want to welcome everybody to the hearing room. I actually want to thankour witnesses for taking the time for your testimony. And in particular i want to give a shout out to max and tom and your families and the other families of the families for attending here and for just your unbelievable dedication turning your tragedy into hopefully some positive action that can prevent tragedies for other families, its remarkable what so many of the families have done in reaction to so many of these tragedies which date back to about 1998 is where we had the first directed attack, numbers of 56. I know in your testimony youre talkingabout 710 shootings since columbine in 1999. Columbine, 13 people were killed, 12 students, one teacher, 21injured, sandy hook in 2012, 26 killed. Two were injured and parkland, at Marjorie Stoneman douglas school, 17 killed and 17 injured. Anthe death and casualty toll is simply unbelievable, quite honestly. I grew up in the
Before he realizes it was gun shots. Another student said he felt totally helpless. Watch him. We had one student even say that she was surprised she was not surprised but she was scared. This by the way is the seventh School Shooting this year and the second deadliest since the Marjory Stoneman massacre where 17 died. Casey stegall is in santa fe. The governor casey, stand by. We have Governor Greg Abbott returning. We were told senator cruz was coming. But heres the governor. Im the county judge of Galveston County, texas. Were unfortunately here because of a tragic event that occurred this morning at Santa Fe High School. Fortunately for us, we did have a Rapid Response from a lot of state and u. S. Leaders. Theyre down here now. We spent time briefing the governor, the Lieutenant Governor, senator cruz and other elected officials this morning. At this time ill pass it off to Governor Abbott. Judge, first, i want to thank you for your tireless efforts the past few hours to help your
She was crying. I turn around and just hauled it all the way to the school. Thank god i was close. And just stayed on the phone with her the whole time, tried to keep her calm. The teachers were telling us to run, run, go i heard so many people saying that there was gunshot and that people were dead and i was like shaking, my anxiety was bad. I couldnt understand her. There was just noise coming out of her body. I could tell she was in distress and she said she was in a field behind the school hiding. I mean were going to listen to the governor of texas right now talking to reporters about the horrific shooting earlier today at Santa Fe High School just south of houston, texas. Governor greg abbott. Fortunately for us we did have a Rapid Response from a lot of state and u. S. Leaders who are down here now. Weve spent a little bit of time briefing the governor and Lieutenant Governor, senator cruz and other elected officials on the events that happened this morning. At this time i will
Gunfire and assorted explosives that were left behind. The gunman identified as a 17yearold male student at the high school. If you have been listening to our conversation, there are the two pictures of him from social media. Note the iconography as we have. We have been talking about it, whether or not it is germane or an act of trolling. We just dont know. Here is greg abbott, the governor of texas. Is everybody ready . Im mark henry. I am the county judge of Galveston County tech, the chief elected official in the county. We are uncommonly all here today because of a tragic event that occurred this morning at santa fe high school. Fortunately for us, we did have a Rapid Response from a lot of state and u. S. Leaders. They are down here now. We have spent a little bit of time briefing the governor and Lieutenant Governor, senator cruz and other elected officials on the events that happened this morning. At this time i will pass it off to Governor Abbott. Judge, first i want to thank
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